Alan Jones
Alan Jones
Born: 4 November 1938, Velindre, Glamorgan, Wales
Major Teams: Glamorgan, Western Australia, Northern Transvaal, Natal.
Known As: Alan Jones
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break
Career Statistics:
FIRST-CLASS
(1957 - 1983)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 645 1168 72 36049 204* 32.89 56 194 288 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 333 3 111.00 1-24 0 0
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
(1963 - 1983)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 288 284 21 7157 124* 27.21 2 42 76 0
Balls R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 33 27 3 9.00 3-21 0 0 11.0 4.90
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Alan Jones scored over 40,000 runs to his name in all forms of the game for the Welsh county, and no batsman
is likely to surpass his record of 34,056 first-class runs, plus 7,420 in all limited overs games. During his
career from 1957 until 1983, he passed a thousand runs on 23 consecutive occasions, and scored a club record of
52 first-class centuries. Even more remarkably, the stylish left-handed batsman never won any Test caps for England.
He made his debut in Glamorgan`s middle order, before moving up to open the batting in the early 1960`s. In 1962 Alan
recorded his maiden century against Sussex at Hastings, and in the following year hit hundreds in both innings of the
match against Somerset at Glastonbury. His long list of fine innings included 161*against the West Indies at Swansea
in 1966, 99 against Australia in the famous victory at Swansea in 1968, and a career best 204* against Hampshire at
Basingstoke in 1980, at the age of 41. He also shared in a record opening partnership of 330 with Roy Fredericks against
Northamptonshire at Swansea in 1972, and in 1978 hit Glamorgan`s first ever Sunday League century, with 110* against
Gloucestershire at Cardiff. In addition, he led Glamorgan between 1976 and 1978, and captained them against Middlesex
in the Gillette Cup Final in 1977.
Alan`s prolific run scoring was based on a solid technique, and an almost unwavering concentration and, given his fine
record at county level, it was surprising that he was constantly overlooked by the Enland selectors. In 1970 Alan was
chosen to appear in the series with the Rest of the World, which at the time was considered to be worthy of Test status.
He was presented with an England cap and blazer, but the bureaucrats at Lord`s later stripped the series of Test status.
In 1982 he received the M.B.E. in the Queen`s Honours List in recognition of his loyal efforts for the Welsh county. He
played his final Championship match against Hampshire at Southampton at the end of the 1983 season, before taking over as
the club`s coach. He remained as Director of Coaching until retiring in 1998 after a lifetime of loyal and wholehearted
service to the Welsh county. (Submitted by Andrew Hignell - April 2000)
Last Updated: Monday, 29-Jul-2002 13:00:51 GMT
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